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58968
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Esther M. John publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Esther M. John sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 598 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Esther M. John D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Esther M. John sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 118 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Esther M. John is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on genetics, oncology, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on cancer-related genetic factors and risks.

The main fields of study in their publications include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields of their work cover areas such as:

  • Genetics
  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

The researcher's primary topics of work include:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Esther M. John has coauthored extensively with a number of frequent collaborators, including:

  • Christopher A. Haiman
  • Allison W. Kurian
  • Irene L. Andrulis
  • Jennifer J. Hu
  • Wei Zheng

Their publications have appeared in several recurring venues, reflecting a consistent presence in the cancer research community, such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer", 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "An integrative multi-omics analysis to identify candidate DNA methylation biomarkers related to prostate cancer risk", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk Among Carriers of Germline Pathogenic Variants in ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2, and PALB2", 2023, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "European polygenic risk score for prediction of breast cancer shows similar performance in Asian women", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Inclusion of variants discovered from diverse populations improves polygenic risk score transferability", 2020, Human Genetics and Genomics Advances

Best Publications

  • Risks of Breast, Ovarian, and Contralateral Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers

    Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker;John L. Hopper;Daniel R. Barnes;Kelly-Anne Phillips

  • Reproductive Factors and Breast Cancer

    Jennifer L. Kelsey;Marilie D. Gammon;Esther M. John

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF CHILDHOOD CANCER AND EXPOSURE TO 60-HZ MAGNETIC FIELDS

    David A. Savitz;Howard Wachtel;Frank A. Barnes;Esther M. John

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Prostate Cancer in Relation to Diet, Physical Activity, and Body Size in Blacks, Whites, and Asians in the United States and Canada

    Whittemore As;Kolonel Ln;Wu Ah;John Em

  • Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

    Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

  • Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

    Fredrick R. Schumacher;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sonja I. Berndt;Sara Benlloch

  • Multiple regions within 8q24 independently affect risk for prostate cancer.

    Christopher A Haiman;Nick Patterson;Matthew L Freedman;Matthew L Freedman;Simon R Myers

  • Admixture mapping identifies 8q24 as a prostate cancer risk locus in African-American men

    Matthew L. Freedman;Christopher A. Haiman;Nick Patterson;Gavin J. McDonald;Gavin J. McDonald

  • Pathology of Breast and Ovarian Cancers among BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Results from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA).

    Nasim Mavaddat;Daniel Barrowdale;Irene L. Andrulis;Susan M. Domchek

  • Vegetables, fruits, legumes and prostate cancer: a multiethnic case-control study.

    Laurence N. Kolonel;Jean H. Hankin;Alice S. Whittemore;Anna H. Wu

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Identification of 23 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci using the iCOGS custom genotyping array

    Rosalind A. Eeles;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sara Benlloch;Edward J. Saunders

  • Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

    Nasim Mavaddat;Paul D.P. Pharoah;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Tyrer

  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer

    Chunling Hu;Steven N Hart;Rohan Gnanaolivu;Hongyan Huang

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • A meta-analysis of 87,040 individuals identifies 23 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer

    Ali Amin Al Olama;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Sonja I. Berndt;David V. Conti

  • Association of type and location of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations with risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

    Timothy R. Rebbeck;Nandita Mitra;Fei Wan;Olga M. Sinilnikova

Frequent Co-Authors

Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Julia A. Knight
Julia A. Knight Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Mary Beth Terry
Mary Beth Terry Columbia University
Mary B. Daly
Mary B. Daly Fox Chase Cancer Center

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